I don't say that to sound ominous, it's just a friendly reminder that even some very qualified tenants might let you know 2 months into the lease that they now have 2 pit bill "emotional support animals" that you can't do anything about.

As opposed to single family houses that can be mired in emotional entanglements, everything's for sale for the right price.I actually skip the people on the list and call them up with a very simple elevator pitch."

Up State NY you see a lot of these - - see the movie "The Money Pit" as to what you're in for.Typically these are 'works of love' for someone the grew up locally and strong emotional ties to the area. 

RE investors are always preaching not to get emotionally involved, but I think the vast majority of regular folks do (myself included).

Its nice to get an opinion from someone not emotionally involved.This is my first eviction and it went pretty smooth, so I will take your advise and consider my self lucky.Thanks, LuAnn

Tasks this week: 1) Meet with advisors. 2) Get an assistant to help expand my list for direct mail. 3) Make a decision about direction. 4) Keep perspective and balance by being there emotionally with my wife and family.

One big factor is how emotionally attached you are to your home.

You really have to take emotion out of the hunt.

I would file an incident report of being threatened with the police.This way you have something on record in case another event happens you can show a pattern.I believe the tenant is trying to intimidate you to get some of the deposit back.Keep your emotions in check and communicate everything in writing.Once the former tenant see you cannot be intimidated or manipulated they most just move on.

It's still nice to get but the emotional payoff is not as high as the first million, first 10 million, etc.If you treat people right, learn the skills and knowledge, find your passion, and never give up that is most of the battle to success.Very few people possess all these traits together.